For the past eight years, the Bugcrowd hacking platform has surveyed its users to produce a report called “Inside the Mind of a Hacker” which reveals the year-on-year evolution of the ethical hacker. From hacker community neurodiversity to the rise of the hacker as influencer, many surprising aspects of the hacking life have emerged. This […]
While AI improves the detection of cybersecurity threats, it simultaneously ushers in more advanced challenges. Research from Keeper Security finds that, despite the implementation of AI-related policies, many organisations remain inadequately prepared for AI-powered threats. 84% of IT and security leaders find AI-enhanced tools have exacerbated the challenge of detecting phishing and smishing attacks, which were already […]
How do galaxies form? What happens when they collide? These are the kinds of questions Dr Leila Powell grappled with in her previous life as an astrophysicist. But in 2015 she put those galactic-sized questions to one side and moved into cyber-security. “The pursuit of understanding the universe is really important, but I got to […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The future was once dazzling for IronNet. Founded by a former director of the National Security Agency and stacked with elite members of the U.S. intelligence establishment, IronNet promised it was going to revolutionize the way governments and corporations combat cyberattacks. Its pitch — combining the prowess of ex-government hackers with cutting-edge […]
Sellafield Ltd has been fined £332,500 ($437,440) for cybersecurity failings running the Sellafield nuclear facility in Cumbria, North-West England. The fine was issued by Westminster Magistrates Court following a prosecution brought by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), the UK’s independent nuclear regulator. Sellafield Ltd has also been ordered to pay prosecution costs of £53,253.20 […]
If you are reading this, you are almost certainly doing so without realizing you could be leaving the door open to hackers. New research has revealed that an astonishing 86% of broadband users have little idea about cybersecurity, or at least the security of the device they use to connect to the internet. That’s the […]
Authorities charged Robert Westbrook on Friday with multiple counts of fraud after evidence showed he allegedly hacked the emails of senior executives from at least five U.S.-based companies and read their inboxes. Westbrook, 39, is accused of then trading ahead of the companies’ earnings results, reaping millions in illicit profits. According to a U.S. district […]
Wifi networks at a number of train stations across the UK have been suspended after a “cybersecurity incident”. Nineteen stations including London Euston, Manchester Piccadilly and Birmingham New Street had their wifi services suspended on Wednesday night after the incident. They were still down on Thursday morning. The Manchester Evening News reported that passengers accessing […]
MoneyGram International is continuing work to restore its global money transfer service after taking the product offline several days ago because of a cybersecurity issue, the company reiterated on Tuesday. “Once all systems are fully operational, transactions that are currently pending will be made available to customers,” The Dallas-based company posted Tuesday morning in an […]
CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm at the centre of the global IT outage in July which grounded flights and delayed medical treatments, will face questions in US congress later on Tuesday. The incident, sparked by a flawed software update rolled out by the US firm, crippled around eight and a half million computers running Microsoft software, […]